Название: The Worldwide History of Telecommunications
Автор: Anton Huurdeman
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 656
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: English

The Worldwide History of Telecommunications is the first comprehensive history ever written on the subject, covering every aspect of telecommunications from a global perspective. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the author presents telecommunications as a uniquely human achievement, dependent on the contributions of many ingenious inventors, discoverers, physicists, and engineers over a period spanning more than two centuries.

From the crude signaling methods employed in antiquity all the way to today’s digital era, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications features complete and fascinating coverage of the groundbreaking innovations that have served to make telecommunications the largest industry on earth, including:

-Optical telegraphy
-Electrical telegraphy via wires and cables
-Telephony and telephone switching
-Radio transmission technologies
-Cryptography
-Coaxial and optical fiber networks
-Telex and telefax
-Multimedia applications

Broad in scope, yet clear and logical in its presentation, this groundbreaking book will serve as an invaluable resource for anyone involved or merely curious about the ever evolving field of telecommunications.

AAP-PSP 2003 Award Winner for excellence in the discipline of the "History of Science"

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